Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin is a beautiful person. There is no one, in modern music, that I am aware of, that comes within ten million jiggabootygabillion miles of
Janis. Well, Outkast is sort of cool, perhaps, he is Janis reincarnate.

Originally posted by panchovillaWell, Outkast is sort of cool, perhaps, he is Janis reincarnate.

i gotta believe if she could read that, she would be rolling over in her grave.
janis was a blues artist. outkast is a pop star.
the differance?
i really doubt you'll still be seeing outkast cd's in the music shop, 30 years after he's dead.
end of comparison.-j; ):shk:

I was surprised when I first saw the "Behind the music" on her several years ago. I hadn't known that my favorite song by here, "Me and Bobby
McGee" was written by her one-time boyfriend, Kris Kristofferson.

I've been a fan of Janis since early childhood. If you ask me, she was one of the best musicians to ever live. I will say, though, that I think it's a
shame she died, as I personally would have loved to see her make more music.

My favorite song from her:

EDIT: My username is a reference to her, actually. She became known by her friends as "Pearl" after a friend called herself "Ruby", and she died in
1970.

Originally posted by panchovilla
Janis Joplin is a beautiful person. There is no one, in modern music, that I am aware of, that comes within ten million jiggabootygabillion miles of
Janis. Well, Outkast is sort of cool, perhaps, he is Janis reincarnate.

Star and Flag. I too am a very big fan of Janis Joplin, and even managed to touch her Peter Max painted '65 Porsche at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
in Cleveland, Ohio.

I didn't wash my finger for a week after. I leave you with my favorite Janis song, recorded at Woodstock, 1969.....

It's a shame she was so into the Southern Comfort. You can see how haggard she look from alcohol in this vid. But like a lot of people thrust into
the limelight, she had problems because she was so self conscious about her looks, and used alcohol to deal with the attention. She aged about 30
years in the 3 years she was famous.

If only society wasn't so shallow...

She is one of the best vocalists ever, no one has that much emotion in their voice that I know of.

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